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Model 17 (other)
Model 17 may refer to: Aircraft * Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, 1930s U.S. biplane with negative wing stagger * Bell Model 17 Airacuda, 1940s U.S. heavy fighter * Consolidated Model 17, 1920s U.S. cargo monoplane * Curtiss Model 17, 1920s U.S. biplane * FBA Model 17, 1920s French flying boat trainer Firearms * Glock model 17 gun * Remington Model 17 pump-action shotgun * Smith & Wesson Model 17 double-action sixshooter revolver Other uses * Model 17 grenade (Eierhandgranate), German WWI handgrenade See also * SIG Sauer M2017 pistol (Model 2017) * Model 1817 common rifle, U.S. flintlock * M1917 (other), including Model 1917 * * Model (other) * M17 (other) * 17 (other) * Type 17 (other) * Class 17 (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing
The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing Stagger (aviation), stagger (the lower wing is farther forward than the upper wing). It first flew in 1932, and was sold on the civilian market, being used for transport and air racing. During World War II, it was used by allied forces, and after the war continued in civilian production until 1949, with 785 having been produced. Development In 1932, Walter Herschel Beech, Walter H. Beech, formerly head of the aircraft manufacturer Travel Air, left Curtiss-Wright, which had purchased Travel Air in 1929, to set up a new company, Beechcraft, Beech Aircraft Corporation, based in Wichita, Kansas. Beech took the airplane designer Ted A. Wells from Curtiss-Wright, and the first project of the new company was the Model 17, a fast biplane with an enclosed cabin designed to meet the needs of business executives. It was based on a design drafted by Wells while at Curtiss-Wright, but rejected by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
